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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE \V. TANNER, OF PROVIDENCE,RHODE'ISLAND.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,185, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed September 24, 1883. (No model.) I

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gar-machine.

This invention has reference to machines for rolling the filling ofcigars preparatory to inclosing the same in the wrappers.

The object of this invention is to so construct a machine for rollingcigars that. by a simple manipulation the rolled cigar or the fillingfor the cigar can be discharged.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a framein which three rollers are secured, and in which a slide provided withtwo rollers is moved in and out under a table, as will be more fully setforth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved ci- Fig. 2 is asectional view ofthe same,showing the sliding rollers in place; and

Fig. 3v is a sectional view showing the sliding rollers drawn out todischarge the rolled cigar. Fig. 4 is a plan view of my improved machineon a line just below the machine-table, showing the slides, stems,springs, and nuts herein described.

In the drawings, A is the. base.

B B are two standards, in which the three rollers D D D arejournaled; i

O is a table,prefe rably made of sheet metal.

E E are two rollers journaled in a sliding block secured to the stems F,(one in each standard B.) A spiral spring surrounds each stem F andbears against the end of the standards B, so that the slide and therollers E E are held normally in the closed position, as shown in Fig.2. The lowermost rolls, D and E, constitute the bed of the mold,which isformed by the entire number of fixed and movable rolls.

G is a lever pivotally secured in the bracket 9. The short arm of thelever G is provided with a roller, which bears against the crossframe h,which latter extends from one side standard to the other, the two stemsF F being secured to the cross-frame h by the nutsi t.

k is a crank-wheel, or it may be a band- Wheel, by which the machine isoperated, suitable gears, e 6, connecting the crank or driving wheelwith the rollers, the rolls being fluted and revolved so as to give thetop roll a combing motion toward the opening; or, in other Words, saidroll draws in the stock from off the table and carries it into the spacebetween the rolls.

M is a chute made of sheet metal, on which the cigars fall and areconducted to a box or other receptacle when the rollers E E are drawnback.

The operation of this machine is as follows: A quantity of tobacco isplaced on the table 0, which projects slightly over the rollers E E,and,the machine being in motion, the tobacco is entered between therollers,which roll the same into a compact cylinder or bunch in thespace inclosed by the five rollers, and when "sufficiently rolled thelever G is depressed, thus drawing the rollers E E outward anddischarging the rolled cylinder or bunch, as is shown in Fig. 3. As soonas the lever G is released the spiral springs surrounding the stems F Fwill push the rolls E E into place and another cylinder or bunch can berolled. WVhena bunch only is desired to be formed and bound, no otherwrapper than the binder is required.

The construction of this machine enables the operator to apply wrapperscut in a square form to the revolving bunch, thereby making a cherootthat can be lighted at either end; or a wrapper may be cut in a narrowstrip form and applied spirally to the bunch,as the wrappers of headedcigars are applied.

This machine can be continuously driven, .is easily charged anddischarged, will roll a perfect and compact cylinder,and adjust itselfto the quantity of tobacco used, as the rolls E E will yield to anyextra quantity, being held in place by the spiral springs surroundingthe stems]? F. The table 0 forms a convenient place for cutting andarranging the tobacco,as well as for feeding the machine. The lever Gmay be connected witha foot-treadle and operated by the foot of theoperator, so that both hands may be used continuously.

By virtue of the construction and arrangement of parts above describedthe machine is rendered extremely simple, compact, and durable, whileits operation is very elficient and convenient to the operator. Thetobacco is fed directly from the table to the rolls and escapestherefrom by virtue of its own weight as soon as the bed of the mold isopened.

I am aware that movable and fixed rolls and operating-levers have beenemployed in this class of machines, and that such machines have beenprovided with tables for conveying the tobacco to the forming-rolls.Such previous machines are not only complicated, but necessitate toomuch handling of the tobacco.

In my machine the tobacco has to stand very little handling, as it isdrawn into and discharged solely by the machine itself.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a frame carrying a table anda series of fixed rolls, of a series of movable rolls mounted upon aslide working beneath said table, the lower movable and fixed rollsconstituting the bed of the mold, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a frame carrying a table and a series of fixedrolls, of a series of movable rolls mounted upon a slide working beneathsaid table, the said table extend, ing beneath the upper fixed roll,andthe lower fixed and movable rolls constituting the bed of the mold,substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the base A, the standards B B, the table 0, andthe fixed rollers D, of the sliding rollers E, the stems F, the springs,the cross-frame h, mounted be neath the table, and the lever G, bearingagainst the cross-frame and drawing the rollers outward, substantiallyas described.

GEORGE W. TANNER.

\Vitnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J r., M. F. BLIGI-I.

